being...

A day for just being...
moment to moment trusting in Him...
Amen...

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,

who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.

Psalm 89:15 NIV

being...

A day of being...

attentive...

at rest...

obedient...

at peace...

A day spent being...

in His presence...

You make known to me the path of life;

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 16:11 ESV

looking... to be...

Look at your week ahead...

What are you doing... striving with or for... where maybe... you should just be...?

What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving

with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:22

Ask Him to show you what you need to release... in order to be...


This week's readings for The Journey...
Monday                   Genesis 45
Tuesday                   Genesis 46
Wednesday              Genesis 47-48
Thursday                  Genesis 49-50
Friday                      Job 1-2

let it be...

What can you let go of today... and just be...?

"In him we live and move and have our being..."

Acts 17:28 ESV

retreating...

retreat... an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable... a place of privacy or safety: refuge... a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director...

--- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th Ed.) 

I'm going on one... the spiritual sort...
Three days... to be away...

Withdrawing from... doing... which has been overshadowing... being... to a place of refuge... for a directed time... of prayer... meditation... study... instruction...

Three days... a significant amount of time...
Abraham's journey to sacrifice Isaac...
Jonah's time in the great fish...
Jesus's days... entombed...

Don't know if they'll be significant for me...
just a journey... in letting go... and... being...

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death,

in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead

by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:4 ESV

Seeking newness... of life...


[Note... even though I'll be away... pre-scheduled posts will appear... reminding you... to be...]